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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-06-24
Tobacco and the Ewes,

Cigarette smoking is doing more il
jury to the eyes than anything kno
Of" said an optician recently to O r.
porter.
Smoking pipes or cigars is bad enougs
but there is something in the paper witt
which the cigarette is rolled that is vel I
injurious to the eyesight. There are nor
men and boys wearing glasses now than /
have ever known before, and attribute
it all to excess in tobacco smoking. NilC
out of ten Germans wear spectacles. The
are inveterate smokers. New Yors
Mail and Express.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-06-24
VOL. 40.
fiHE VALLEY MUTUAL IFE AssOCIA.
= TON OF VIRGINIA

the largest and the leading Life Association in
tne South. Nearly one million of dollars paid in
cash to the families of deceased members.
Ibe cheapness OF its plan is demonstrated by the
experience OF those who are insured In illustra-
lion OF THIS TACT we take policy No. 8. held by Mr.
W. r Tams, Cashier Augusta National Bank
Staunton, Va. Policy issued September 3d. 1878,
$1,000, consequently it has shared every cost that
mas come against the company. The entire cost to
Mr.. Tams in eight years and six months, Member
ship Fee, ANIMALS. and Mortality payments, has
been but $40 a. or an average annual cost of $685.
At the date of this insurance Mr.. Tams was q
years of age.
policy OF even amount and date in one of the
most popular Old Line companies on the ordinary
life plan. payable at dearh only. would have cost
him $l9275 or $2150 per year, saving Of s122 81 in
favor of the Valley Mutual
Theories are easily advanced and Jealous rivals
abound in them, but facts cannot be refuted.-
First class agents get liberal contracts by ap-
plying to
E. L. EDMUNDSON,
Secretary & Gen'l Agt
mar25 tt Staunton. Va.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-06-24

The Saturday half holiday has been an
English custom for years
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-06-24
THE LOVE OF MONEY
is THE SURE FOUNDATION ON
WHICH THE SHARPER BUILDS.

The Confessions of Fakir-The Sale of
Consumption Cures-Three Card Monte.
How the Counterfeit Money Dodge Is
Worked.
The Portland daily press., 1887-10-28
Paul morphy's wondenuI intellect.

lffO1. richard A. Proctor.
The feats of the greatest chsss genius that
ever lived Oct Steinitz argue az he may, Paul
Morphy, associate blndfold chess play in
some degree with precocity. l doubt if
among all the records of boy chess players
any case can be found more marvellous than
that of Morphy, who, at the very beginning
of his career, when he was little more than
child, beat his uncle, Ernest Morphy, a
strong player, and Loewenthal, the Hunga-
rian champion, when only IA years old.
Many of the stories of precocity attchess re-
late to boy players, who beat those who
were not indeed boys, but neither were they
players; but Paul Morphy beating Loewen.
thai was quite another affair. Even when
Morphy crossed the Atlantic to challenge
and defeat all the finest players of Europe,
he was barely out of his teens. One after
another they met him and retired discom-
fitted, or, like our English Staunton, they
compared his chess strength with their own
by proxy, as it were, and retired without
meeting him.
Now Morphy at the age of 10 played
strong chess game without sight of the
boards. Rising step by step to rwo games,
to three, to four, and so on, we find him
while still in his teens playing twelve games
simultaneously, blindfold and against play
erS to whom the champions of the day could
not give more than pawn and move with
safety in set match. More surprising even
than the number of games which Morphy
could thus play blindfold at one sitting was
the nature of his play under these seeming
ly difficult conditions. The brlliancy of the
combinations was in most cases matched
by their soundness, and often by their
depth in the sense of the number
of moves over which with lightning
rapidty he carried his analysis. A
veteran player told me of one of these
games which be had carefully exam
ined after it was finished; because he be-
leved that a certain brilliant stroke could
in actual play. along every line," he said,
but one, found Morphy's strategy sound I;
but along that line there seemed to me safe
though difficult defence, resulting in eventual
victory over him. | passed an hour or two
every evening for a week Analysing the
game along this line; and having satisfied
myself it was sound, mentioned the point
to Morphy when next met him. l was for
setting up the board to show him what
meant; but he would not suffer me. 81 re-
member the game perfectly" he said "your
defence is not sound though it is the best
available; you have overlooked q mate in
three following the sacrifice of my king
bishop after the first move of your Defence
My veteran friend looked over the position
the same evening and found the case was as
Morphy had stated.
Imagine the abnormal brain developed in
some special, though unknown way, which
enabled boy chess-player, ten days after
playing a game, which was one of twelve
played blindfold to correct in an instant,
and without setting up the position, the re-
suit of ten or twelve hours of analysis of
the game by strong and veteran player!
The Portland daily press., 1887-10-28

time that the Roulette was to be used for
illegal poaching on the Alaskan preserves of
Uncle Sam: but it seems improbable that a
vessel should be sent so far for the sole pur-
pore of catching seals illegally. The other
fisheries Of Alaska may we'll have allured
the owners of the Roulette as they have al
lured other Canadians and are now attract
ing the most yenturesome American fisher
men. Captain Solomon Jacobs, the venture
some skipper of the somewhat famous Mol
lie Adams, has dee ided to follow after the
Roulette, and try his own fortunes in the
great northwestern sea. Captain Jacobs has
htted out two vessels, the Mollie Adams and
the Edward e Webster, fer his venture.
The crews will consist of Gloucester men
and men from Newfoundland and the Do
minion. The vessels are fitted especially for
sealing, with breech-loading rifles and gear
for killing seals, as well as fishing tackle of
every description. 1t is the intention of
Capt Jones to engage in other Pacific coast
fisheries when the sealing season is over,
such as halibut, Goldfish, salmon, etc, which
are said to be found in abundance on that
The Portland daily press., 1887-10-28

movements thus far; nearly all the churches or
ganized having made history that deserves the
admiration of Christian people everywhere
But when we think of the constantly increasing
number OF graduates from the Christian schools
and colleges under the patronage Of this society;
and the greater familiarity Of the secreta-
ries with the localities suited to become
strategic points Nor Congregationalism in
the South; and the marked success OF those
churches whose permanence is beyond question,
are we not warranted in expressing hope that
in the near future we shall see radical advance
all along this important line Of denomlnatiOnal
work? We know that thi, is what our secreta-
ries long for as well as pray for, and what with
our contributions cheerfully made, they will hope
to accomplish.
They heartily AGREE with us in believing that
the uplifting Influences of schools and colleges
would he readily dissinated or turned into chan
nes for evil if they are not gathered up aud null
tiplied in rightly constituted bodies which shall
prove the germs around which the forces of the
community shall organize for good. Working to-
gether therefore as contributors and directors,
pect to be cheered from year year with the
rapid growth in the numbers of these organized
Christian forces which have in themselves vitaZ-
Ing aud transforming power which works for
righteousness both in character and conduct.
Rev. G. f. Stanton of Massachusetts fol
lowed in address on the need of more money,
and on the difficulties in the way of this work
at the South, and he was followed by Rev.
w. A. CrathSWait
The Portland daily press., 1887-10-28
A Boston Woman Who Compelled a
Caller to Take a Bath.
Providence Journal. ]
' I'm

Mrs Y. is q brilliant Boston woman Of
abundant executive ability. shrewd wit and
delightful hospitality. The exigencies Of
her husbands business led to the keeping up
of an establishment in the West where Mrs.
Y. passes some months of the year, and
where she entertains a great many people
One day there was brought to Mrs. Y. the
card Of an English gentleman, accompanied
by letter of introduction from friends Of
the US abroad. The hostess went down.
stairs and greeted the guest cordially. 1--WE
are so accustomed to travellers here" she
said, that we know just what to do with
them. We expect everybody to arrive travel
stained and exhausted, and we let everybody
take bath the first thing spoke to the
servant before / came downstairs, and every
thing is all ready" But" stammered the
stranger, Il cannot think of putting you to
so much trouble. =" 'Oh, | know just
how you feel" interrupted Mrs Y: "a bath
is the only thing that restores me to my nor
NAL condition when I've been travelling /;
and you have come right through from Bos-
ton" The guest demurred, but Mrs. Y. was
too executive and too truly hospitable to
allow his scrupleS to prevent the carrying
out of her kindly intent. The Englishman
was shown upstairs to the bathroom, where,
it is to be presumed, he combined with the
progress of his toilet reflections upon the
originality and practicability of American
hospitality. In due time the guest descended
again to the parlor where Mrs. Y. awaited
him. 81 hope you folnd everything to your
mind" she said. "Oh yes" he replied, Il
nave had delightful bath and now must
pld you good afternoon, as have to catch
tsaln." What" cried his hostess, aghast;
you are not going?" Unfortunately /
must; only stopped over train to call on
S2 q Mercy sine exclaimed, in dismay;
4 thought you had come to remain You
seen you at all!' II really must" was the
reply, but assure you | have had most
refreshing bath, and / shall always remem-
per Win sincere pleasure your UNIQUE hospi-
tallty. Tine story was too GOOD to keen.
and Mrs. Y. told it at her own expense e'
greatly to the entertainment of her friends
who declared that this fashion of entertain.
ing callers was one which deserved to he
widely introduced, as it would solve MANY a
perplexing question of the proper method of
disposing Of guests who were not easy to
amuse
The Portland daily press., 1887-10-28
The Baltimore Election.

The defeat Of the Reformers in Baltimore
is not altogether a surprise, though the trepi-
dation of the German ring before election
reused strong hopes that they were to be
successful. The ring had complete control
of the voting lists aud the opportunities
which this gave them to disfranchise great
many people who had clear right to vote
and to vote men who had no right to vote
they used unsparingly. The Reformers sue
ceeded in purging the lists to some extent,
butIit is estimated that there still remained
on them four thousand names which had no
right to be there. The counting, too, the
ring controlled, and how much fraud they
have practiced there perhaps will never be
known. If, however, the frauds in the lists
were not sufficient TO compass their end of
electing their man, they no doubt supple
mented them with fraudulent counting suffi-
cient to make up the deficiency. Another
source of strength to the German ring was
the support of the administration. German
was able to say to the Democrats of Bati-
more that vote against his candidate for
mayor would be regarded by the President
as vote against him, and this argument no
| doubt kept good many decent Democrats
in line who otherwise would have revolted
Nor was the aid from the administration
all moral. The custom house and post office
pooled in large sums of money to corrupt the
voters and to reward Germans faithful
workers. With all these odds against them
the Reformers have reason to be proud of
their work, and they have the consolation
that they deserved success. 1t is gratifying
to see that they are not disheartened, but
propose to fight 1t out on their present line
The German ring once beaten it is gone for
ever. Its members are mercenares, who
fight simply to keep the spoils. When those
are once lost the cohesive power which holds
them together will be no longer present, aud
the ring will go to pieces. But what an inter-
estng spectacle it must be to the Indepen-
dents to see the reform administration of
President Cleveland bolstering up the most
corrupt gang of public plunderers that has
disgraced an American city since the dsap-
pearance of the Tweed ring!
The Portland daily press., 1887-10-28

Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain's recent speech
on the attitude Of Irish-Amerieans toward
him and the probable effect Of it upon his
usefulness as a member Of the fish commits
sion was woefully lacking in tact If it was
meant to offset the bad reflect he assumed
the feeling of the Irish-Americans toward
him would have then he made bad mistake,
for its result will be precisely the opposite
IL it was meant to prejudice his hearers
against the Irish and thus hurt the cause Of
Home Rule in England then it was trick
entirely unworthy of statesman Of his pre-
tensions. The proper time for Mr.. Cham
berain and the other commissioners to be-
gin to discuss the fishery question is when
the commission meets. Until then prudence
and good sense would seem to dictate silence
on the subject.
The Portland daily press., 1887-10-28

Notwithstanding the fact that the cases of
cholera have been promptly detained in
quarantine in New York harbor, the health
authorities of the great city have made the
same arrangements that they would were
the disease right among them. The system
of the fire department has been adopted for
calling ambulanees, a large corps of trained
doctors is in readiness for sudden call, and
the proper disinfectants are all made up.
The health officers have made their plans so
that when patient is taken he may be taken
and hurried off to North Brother Island.
while the house from which he was taken
will be thoroughly disinfected. The cholera
must run long gauntlet if it enters America
by way OF New York.
The Portland daily press., 1887-10-28

The great nations Of the earth are invited
to join in an undertaking which is pre-emi-
nently an appropriate object of International
concert. At the last astronomical congress
in Paris was conceived the grand project Of
making complete Photographic map Of the
heavens by appliances now perfected. 1t is
believed that by the aid of the most recent
inventions in photography several millions
stars could be photographed. The expense
of this undertaking, however, will be very
great. The Photographic telescope to be
used alone costs about ten thousand dollars.
France and Austria have already made
grants of money for the purpose, and it is
be expected that Russia and Germany will
also join. The Astronomical Society of Eng
land is endeavoring to interest the British
government, and an effort will be made to
obtain the co. operation of the United States.
The Portland daily press., 1887-10-28
THE STATE.
KENNEREc COUNTY.

A dynamite blast by the wcter company in
WaServille, badly injured the front of the
residence of Hon. s. s. Brown, breaking out
the small windows and wrecking the bay
windows.
Some visitor to the stock farm of Hon. Z.
F. Webb in Waterville, cleft gate open to
the enclosure where handsome deer was
kept, and he escaped.
There is talk that Gen. Banks, after his
term of office as United States Marshal at
Boston has expired, may be appointed COVER
nor of one of the volunteer soldiers homes,
perhaps Of the one at Togus, where Gen.
Stephenson now is
The Portland daily press., 1887-10-28

Since Mayor Whitney's administration
has been in power in Brooklyn nepotism has
come to prevail to such an extent that rela-
= tives OF city officials draw $67,5OO a year
ffonthe city and county treasures in sala-
ries as clerks. commissioners, etc. 1t began
when one of the Democratic bosses induced
Mayor Whitney to make his scn, Daniel ID.
Whitney, Jr., an Assistant Corporation
Counsel, at a salary of $1,000. With this as
an example, the Democrats appointed to COM
misslonerships had no hesitation in allow
ing their love for their relatives to have full
play. For nearly two years they have been
working on that basis To what extent this
nepotism is carried on among the thousands
of laborers employed by the city there is no
means OF knowing.
The Portland daily press., 1887-10-28

If George Whitney, of South Chesterville,
can be certainlthat the day he saw Stain in
1878, then we hayea piece of testimony of
far more impOrt$nc Tran any that has yet
been produced TO connect Stain with the
Barron murder. He could hardly be mis-
taken in his man because he had known him
before
The Portland daily press., 1887-10-28

The fisheries of the Alaskan seas, while
known to be very valuable, have not hereto
fore been correspondingly attractive to east
ern fishermen. Our Canadian neighbors to
the north of us have appreciated rather more
fully than ourselves the practical advantages
Of these fresh fields of enterprise, and ennis
saries from the maritime colonies have re-
Gently visited those regions to find suitable
places for colonies of eastern fishermen.
Not long ago it was announced that the
Canadian cruiser Roulette, which has been
released from government service, was to be
fitted out for seal fishing in Alaskan waters,
IL was ayowed in Canadian papers at the
The Portland daily press., 1887-10-28

Constable SteyenS's case is now before the
courts, and it is best to leave it there
Whether the shooting was juStifable or not
the newspapers cannot settle. A jury must
do that. As for Shorty, the man who was
shot, there is no occasion to mourn his alb
sence from our midst.
The Portland daily press., 1887-10-28
THE PRESS.
FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER IS.

We do not read anonymous letters and commu-
nlcations. The name and address of the writer
are IN all cases Indispensable, not necessarily LOT
publication but as guarantee OF good iaith.
We cannot undertake to return OF preserve
communications that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1887-10-28

In view Of the triumph Of his friends, the
political Thugs OF Baltimore, President
Cleveland might issue proclamation for
another special Thanksgiving for the Demo-
Gratis Of MARYLAND.
The Portland daily press., 1887-10-28

The Georgia Legislature has adjourned
and the Glenn bill is not a law. So much for
the weight of public sentiment in the North.
The Portland daily press., 1887-10-28
One of theIpressing questions that ought

One OF theipressing questions that ought
to receive the attention of Congress this
winter in the admission of Dakota. The
population of the territory is now 56S,477
This is nearly three times as many as the
population Of Colorado, double that of Flori-
da, three times that of Delaware, nearly ten
times that Of Nevada, nearly double that of
Vermont, less than a hundred thousand
short of West VirginIa's, only two hum
dred thousand less than Minnesota's, and a
hundred thousand short of Names. The
character Of the people is unexceptionabe,
and nothing bat politics stands in the way of
Its admission. 1t happens that in politics the
Territory is Republican, and its admission
would add two Republican members to the
National Senate and strengthen by the num-
Der Of its Presidential electors the Republi-
can chances of electing the next President.
These considerations will probably be po-
tent enough to secure from the Democratic
House postponement Of the question of
admission another year. 1t is a gross out
rage, for such reason to ignore the inst
claims Of half million OF thrifty, indus
trious, intelligent people, but this will be al
lowed to have nothing to do with the case
Dakota will be kept out because its admis-
sion would jeopardize in some small degree
Democratic supremacy. And yet the Demo-
cratic party claims to be the party of the
people.
The Portland daily press., 1887-10-28

of German. Higgins and Cleveland in Balti-
more triumph for civil service reform?
The Portland daily press., 1887-10-28
FINE CLOTHING!

you in want of a nice Suit or Overcoat for
Yourself or your boy don't buy until you have exam
ned our stock We sell nothing but durable goods,
such as can recommend.
We show you the finest line of OvERCOAIS
ever shown in Portland. They vary in price from SIS
to $50, and are equal to the best custom work. our
$35, $40 and $50 Goats are made from the cele-
brated Montaignac goods and lined with silk.
We have very large line of listers from which we
can fit any one as regard to sizes and price.
We guarantee prices.
The Portland daily press., 1887-10-28
THANKSGIVING DAY.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA,
a PROCLA Nj A I'll ON.

The goodness and the mercy Of God, which
have followed the American people during all the
days of the past year, claim their grateful recOg
milton and humble acknowledgment. BY His
omnipOtent power He has protected us from war
and pesiience, and from every national calamity
by His gracious favor the earth has yielded a gen
erous return to the labor of the husbandman and
every path of honest toll has led TO comfort and
conten.menti by His loving kindness the hearts
of our people have been replenished with frater-
nal sentiment and patriotic endeavor and by His
unerring guidance we have been directed in the
way of national prosperity
To the end that we may, with one accord testl-
~ our gratitude for all these blessings l. Grover
Cleveland, President Of the United States, do
hereby designate and set apart,
Tknrsslay, the Twenty-fourth Day of No.
vember Next,
as a day Of thanksgiving and prayer, to be OBJ
served by all the people of the land.
On that day let all secular work and employ
meat be suspended, and let our people assemble
In their accustomed places Of worship. and with
prayer and songs OF praise give thanks to our
Heavenly Father for all that He has done for us,
while we humoly lmolore the forgiveness of our
sins, and continuance Of HIS mercy.
Let families ana kindred be reunited on that
day, and let their hearts, filled with kindly cheer
amt affectionate "reminiscences be turned in thank
fitness 10 the source of All their measures and the
giyer of all that makes the day glad and joyous.
And, in the midst Of our worship and our happi-
ness. let us remember the poor, the needy and the
unfortunate aud by our gifts Of charity aud ready
beneyolence, let us increase the number Of those
who with grateful hearts, shall join in our thanks
In witness whereof, | have set nv haGd and
caused the seal of the United States to be here
unto affixed.
- Done at the city of Washington this 2Ftl
day of October, IN the year OF our Lore
L. 5. one thousand eight hundred and eighty
} seven, aud of the independence of the
1c;o, United states es the ll2 IA ,vv, avn
by the President;
THOMAS L. BAYARD. Secretary of State.
The Portland daily press., 1887-10-28
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EVERY DAY.
BY OVercOatS, we mean outside
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rough and smooth goods. REEF
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All these we have i'm quantities for
MEN, BOYS and CHILDREN.

IL will pay you 10 investigate our
stock. W. keep up the STANDARD
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of true merit, all the Time and
still keep lowering the prices.
Special Bargain No. 4 - Mems
Black Moscow Beaver OvercOatS,
good ones, so good that they will
explain themselves when you see
them, instead of asking $500, at
which price we could sell them,
weOffer them at only $1,000 each;
sizes 35 10 Al.
Mems Blue EIysian